Mechanics of the household; a course of study devoted to domestic machinery and household mechanical appliances (1918)
Keene, E. S. (Edward Spencer), b. 1864 · New York, McGraw-Hill book company, inc.; · leaf 26
irely fill with water. If the valve is then openedwide, the imprisoned water has an opportunity to escape whilethe steam is entering, but the entering steam and escaping watersets up a water-hammer that sometimes is terrific and lastsuntil the water is discharged from the radiator. The… … Fig. 9.—Diagram of the overhead ordrop system steam plant. 16 MECHANICS OF THE HOUSEHOLD Air Vents.—All radiators must be provided with air vents.The vent is placed near the top of the last loop of the radiator,at the end opposite from the entering steam, as indicated in Figs.2, 3, 6, etc. The…
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